IWC has unveiled its first official team watch for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team ahead of this weekend’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
The luminous Arabic numeral hour markers, indices, hands, and date window on the sandblasted grade 5 titanium IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 Edition “Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team” adopt the team’s signature Petronas green against its black dial.
“Both fine watchmaking and racing are all about precision, craftsmanship and performance engineering,” says Christoph Grainger-Herr, IWC CEO. “But it’s the human factor – the passion the love and the dedication that make all the difference between good and great. This notion perfectly describes our long-standing partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team and we are celebrating this partnership with the launch of the new team watch in Miami.”
The watch is powered by an IWC 69385 calibre column wheel chronograph movement and comes with both a calfskin and a Petronas green rubber quick change strap. It costs $7,850 USD and is only available online through IWC. IWC Schaffhausen has been official engineering partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team since 2013.
